Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-12-10
Having Her Own Way.


10 Gain by another fifty thousand
dollars?'
Old HerodotuS Howard stared at
his saucy grand daughter as il she
had nropounded piece OF rank
he. sy-as indeed lit was in his
svsten of every day theology.
Violet, YOU are fool said he,
harshly. sAnd it's lucky for you
That you have il grandfather who
c.n 'ook after your interests bet
t + than you seem to be able to do
Yourself. Mr.. Ericsson is to be here
tomorrow afternoon, and you Will
pleasc'-wiih an ironical emphasis
on the vord-sreceive him as your
iutu husband
Violet opened wide her saucy
brown eyes.
And what is to become Of OH
yer Belton9' she asked, demulely.
sOliver Bolton is nothing 10 mel!
stormcu her grandfather. Meth
er you nor he thought proper to
consult me before you wound up a
hoy and girl love affair with boy
and girl engagement; and | might
long ago have told you that Mr.
Ericsson had honored you by Il pro
poSal. AS it is, YOU must take the
consequences of your own folly!'
An' Mr.. Howard strollcd OF
down the garden path, to look at
his buds Of tulips and jonQuils.
Violet's eyes followed her grand
faiher, with a mischievouS sparkle
in their hazel depths.
Now, I wonder, she thought TO
herself. if grandpapa really thinks
am going to ii" myself for life to
that old fossil Caleb Ericsson! To
carry his slippers, pour out his tea,
listen to his lectures OH movement
cure and salt water baihing,' for
-nohody can guess how many
,rar.! Motif know myself 20 be
really and truly Violet Howard!
But then, I've cot to he very eau
tious, for | know grandpapa owes
him a great deal of money, and
poor granlpapa has been very
kind TO ne, even though he don't
quite understand how Oliver and |
feel toward each other
Violet sat down on the farm
house step, her cheek resting on
one hand and ponder d deeply.
W hat q pretty little cabinet
picture she would have made in
the cool afternoon sunshine. with
their apple blossoms showcrlns
their tiny pink shells allaround her
ON the grass and the downy, vel,
low chickens peeping around her
for a morsel of meal or q bit OF
crumbled bread. She was plump
and round and chubby herself, like
the chickens, and pink, like the
apple blooms, and passing tar to
look upon. Whoever Oliver Bolton
might have been he was unques-
tlonably a gentleman of good taste.
Presently Violet rose up again
and went into the house, only
stopping to gather cluster OF Gin
namon roses to pin into her golden
brown hair as she went.
sDorcas! said she putting her
face into the kitchen, where he
stai1 maid servant was chopping
suet for all unctious pudding.
Durcas looked up, even her hard
coun enance softening at the IA
diani apparition cfyouth and beau.
tv in her homely kitchen world.
We'll, Miss Vi'letF
we shall commence to clean
house tomorrow
TO clean house, Miss Vi'let! and
company comingP
Vlolet'S brows contracted.
Company onght to make no diff
fe cree at a regular institution like
/ s, Do"caS.'
sBut It's a full fortnight earlier
than ever we commenced afore,'
demonstrated Dorcas.
81 can't help that,' said Violet
hri>kly. 4 can't have the spring
cleaning dragging half through the
year,
There's something in that said
Dorcas, rehectively. But what
will master Sayp
sHe needn't know it, Dorcas, I'm
til wye got the carpets all up and
the floors all deluged with soap
suds. And then You see, Dorcas,'
and the brown eyes shone mis-
chievously, he can't help HIMSELF
Dorcas smiled grimly. Dorcas
" hite never had a lover or a love
affair in all the six and fifty years
of her solitary lie, but she had a
woman's instinct lying dormant
within her heart, aud she evidently
comprehended the whole affair.
Very well, Miss Vi'let,' she said.
And Violet went singing Oft to
.kim the cream for tea.
Mr.. Ericsson came in the next
evenings stage, complacently
looking forward to country air,
country rest and country delica-
5cips, after his long dusty journey.
lie was a portly, well preserved
old gentleman with "a bald head, "A
d,ca musIache and set of expen
sive false teeth, who considered
that, as money had bought pretty
much everything else III The world
fer him, it might wind up matters
by purchasing a pretty eighteen